Ha-ha, well at least one person replied!
I haven't been to Goa yet, its on my wish list of places to see. It looks so interesting and nice in photos, but quite often places let you down when you get there. Have you been there? I'd be interesting in getting your opinion on the place.
Cheers
Alexandra

Goa's one of the nicest places in India, mostly because it's an "escape" from India itself. Most of the roads are usuable and it lacks many of the negative aspects of India, but takes some of the most positive (friendly people, etc.). Not to mention the beaches and food are great.
I don't know of ESL teaching jobs there. I suspect they're hard to find because many people in India speak English, and the ones who do are the ones who would be able to afford a language school! The best case, and the way I got to India, was through accent training for a multinational. There may be something like that Goa's way, though I think most of those jobs are in Bangalore and Chennai (at least in the south), and perhaps Hyderabad. Anyway, all those places mentioned are on 1 1/2 to 2 hours by air and very cheap using Deccan Air (maybe a few thousand rupees), so you can work all week and get out to Goa no problem... I did when I could!
Good luck.
jp

I would add that Bangalore definitely seemed like one of the most 'pleasant/westernised' Indian cities when I visited. If one was going to reside in a large Indian city, Bangalore would be top of the list.

Anyone living in the area would also be morally obliged to check out Hampi.

I concur. I lived in Bangalore for a year, and it is a pretty boring place. It's big enough, but there simply isn't much to do. My colleagues and I spent most of our time going out to restaurants and figuring out where to go when we leave Bangalore. It doesn't have much for cultural sites, either, although Mysore and Kerala are nearby (by Indian standards).
The city has grown much faster than the infrastructure, and the traffic and roads are atrocious. It's none too clean, either (probably not surprising in India, but), as there's a river of feces (not kidding) flowing directly under Airport Road, one of the main thoroughfares.
There are western comforts such as Pizza Hut, TGIF's (abutting the River of Sh*t), and (my savior) the Leela Palace, but apart from that not much else.
That being said, it is a decent place to be if you want to travel around southern and central India (Goa's about an hour's flight), and it iswhere most of the jobs are, with Microsoft, Dell, HP and other multinationals represented.
Perhaps Bangalore's best quality is that it isn't Chennai, which is a pit.

I have never been to India but I have read about jobs offered teaching English to telemarketers or nurses. It's been a while since I have seen any of those offered here on Daves but it might bear looking into. I knew an Indian woman who told me the easiest place to find work is Mumbai(Bombay).

I have now been in Bangalore for about 15 months, and while it is not an exciting city to live in, it is (as others have said) a decent base for travel through the rest of India, and not far from Sri Lanka and Thailand as well. I have never heard of any English teaching jobs in Goa, but then, every time I have been, work has been the LAST thing on my mind!

I must also agree with JP that Chennai is much much worse than Bangalore - the weather here at least has something going for it, something to consider when LIVING in India for an extended time! The only teaching type jobs I have heard of are with telemarketing companies in Chennai and Mumbai, something with the British Council in Delhi, and the IT giants of Bangalore. I don't think we are doing any hiring any time soon here at Microsoft/Spectrum, but it is (in my not completely informed opinion) the best gig in India.

**Hampi is a must see, especially if you are into archaelogical sites!

Right
Im thinking of moving back to India. Any jobs going that anyone would like to tell me about? I'm CELTA qualified got three years experience and bored of Europe even though I live in Italy.
I need to get myself some nice chapatti and dal and chai.

So if anyone gives a *beep*, I'd really appreciate it. If not well, I guess it doesn't hurt to ask. : )
Ciao people have a good christmas. Buone Natale as they say out here.
-p